YWN-92-012_INSP_20240822

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
MSWLF X COUNTY: WAKE
PERMIT NO.: YWN-92-012
Collection Monofill Landfill FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: August 22, 2024
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Capital City Boneyard 2917 Gresham Lake Road Raleigh, NC 27615
GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.88715 Long.: 78.58759 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Richard Trahin, 919-845-2974, [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Operator:
Richard Trahin
2917 Gresham Lake Road Raleigh, NC 27615 Property Owner:
Capital Enterprise Group, Inc
c/o Jana McMillan 527 Powell Lane Raleigh, NC 27606

PARTICIPANTS:
Tim Davis, NCDEQ Richard Trahin, Capital City Boneyard STATUS OF PERMIT:
The Yard Waste Notification renewal form was received on May 31, 2024. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Compliance Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility accepts wood chips and tree debris from multiple tree removal businesses, which is then ground further into mulch and sold to various retailers.
2. The facility operations area is less than two acres in size. The access road to the facility is currently
maintained in fair condition. 3. At the time of this inspection, stockpiled waste within the 2-acre YWN did not appear to meet the 50-foot property line buffer to the north and east. Ensure that waste is pulled back or removed from these areas so that the 50-foot property line buffer is met. Please install durable, easily visible markers delineating the
limits of the two-acre notification and required 50-foot property line buffers.
4. NCGS, Article 9, Chapter 130A-309.05 (1), (2), “Seventy-five percent (75%), by weight or volume, of the recovered material stored at a facility at the beginning of a calendar year commencing January 1, shall be removed from the facility through sale, use, or reuse by December 31 of the same year. During this inspection, several thousand cubic yards of ground material and logs were observed stockpiled on-site,
some of which had vegetation growing on it and appeared to have been onsite for an extended period. Mr.
Trahin stated that most of the stockpiled material was located onsite when he purchased the company in 2018, and he has been steadily screening, processing, and removing it over several years, greatly reducing the amount of inherited material. Small Type I facilities are limited to no more than 6,000 cubic yards of material onsite at any given time, including finished product. Continue to remove material from the site
as necessary to ensure that at least 75% of recovered material is removed from the facility within a calendar year as required by General Statute, and that the facility stores no more than 6,000 cubic yards of material onsite at any given time as required by Rule .1402 (6)(A). 5. Mr. Davis recommended that Mr. Trahin contact local composting facilities as a way to deal with excessive stockpiled material which was inherited from the previous owner. The Division of Environmental
Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) is a resource which could help with this endeavor and can be
reached at 1-877-623-6748. 6. No nonconforming wastes were observed within the waste piles or at the facility during this inspection. 7. 15A NCAC 13B .1406 (3), “Stormwater shall be diverted from the operations area.” At the time of this inspection, standing water was observed along the base of the northern and eastern waste piles. Ensure that
any low-lying areas containing standing water are graded to promote positive drainage of surface water
away from operational and material storage areas.
8. Digital photographs were taken during this inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

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with the Statutes, Rules, and/or other regulatory requirements applicable to this facility. Be advised that pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $15,000 per day may be assessed for each violation of the Solid Waste Laws, Regulations, Conditions of a Permit, or Order under Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the N.C. General Statutes. Further, the facility and/or all responsible parties may also be subject to enforcement actions including penalties, injunction from operation of a solid waste management facility or a solid waste collection service and any
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Solid Waste Section

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Tim Davis [e-mail]
Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: September 5, 2024 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Photographs taken by Tim Davis on 8/22/2024.
View of stockpiled waste along northern facility boundary.
View of stockpiled waste along eastern facility boundary.
View of stockpiled waste within 50-foot buffer and within View of standing water at base of stockpiled waste on east